Smoking has a deleterious effect on health.
吸烟对健康有害。
Too much screen time can have deleterious effects on sleep.
屏幕时间过长会对睡眠产生有害影响。
The chemicals had a deleterious effect on the river's fish.
这些化学物质对河里的鱼造成了危害。
Stress can be deleterious to both mind and body.
压力对身心都有害。
Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to “deleterious”:
A — harmful. “deleterious” means Adj. harmful; damaging; injurious
Smoking has a clearly ______ effect on a person's overall health.
D — deleterious. “deleterious” means Adj. harmful; damaging; injurious
deleterious — Adj. harmful; damaging; injurious. In Chinese: 有害的；有毒的.
deleterious is pronounced /ˌdelɪˈtɪəriəs/. It breaks into 5 syllables: del · e · te · ri · ous.
“deleterious” means harmful; damaging; injurious. Examples: (1) Smoking has a deleterious effect on health. (2) Too much screen time can have deleterious effects on sleep. (3) The chemicals had a deleterious effect on the river's fish. (4) Stress can be deleterious to both mind and body.
harmful, detrimental, damaging — all close in meaning to deleterious (Adj. harmful; damaging; injurious).
Yes. deleterious appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 800+ words for the ISEE and SSAT.
delete (remove) + erious → harmful